An Indiana county judge has dismissed a state lawsuit filed against TikTok that had accused the app of deceiving its users about the level of inappropriate content for children on its platform.

Rokita claims those who join him in the fight against the social media company are "patriots."

An Allen County Superior Court judge denied the states motion for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit against social media company TikTok. In his ruling, Judge Craig Bobay said the state is not likely to prevail in its lawsuit against the platform.

Purdue blocks TikTok on university networks

Purdue deleted its official TikTok account in December and has since notified all colleges and departments within the university that they must follow suit.

Indiana has blocked the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from state devices.

The two lawsuits filed by Attorney General Todd Rokitas office focus on Chinas access to user data and inappropriate videos for children.

This year saw the end of the first full school year affected by the pandemic, more state education funding specifically to raise teacher pay, and a lot more attention given to schools for how they've handled COVID-19 and other issues.

A new viral social media trend has encouraged students to take or destroy objects from their school and post about the vandalism online. Not only is it a disruption to learning, it’s led to thousands of dollars in school property damages. Marion County school districts are trying to prevent it from happening.